Box Score TORONTO - The Lancer men's basketall team ended their season with a tight 99-94 loss to the Saskatchewan Huskies in the consolation final Saturday afternoon at the 2015 CIS Men's Basketball National Championships.

Khalid Abdel-Gabar led the Lancers with 21 points, while Rotimi Osuntola Jr. recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds to named the Lancers' Player of the Game. Alex Campbell chipped in with 16 points, with Evan Matthews led the Lancers defensively with 13 rebounds. 

The opening quarter saw Windsor crash the boards, earning several early offensive rebounds and capitalizing, taking an early 8-2 lead on threes by Campbell and Abdel-Gabar. The Huskies got back in the game with a pair of threes and a layup to cut the Lancers lead to 17-14 after the opening period.
 
One of the highlight plays of the first half came nearly four minutes into the second half when Mississauga guard Abdel-Gabar made a no look pass to Rotimi Osuntola Jr. for a slam dunk to equal scores at 24. From there, however, Windsor's ability to space the floor, as shown during Friday's victory against Bishop's, was suppressed by the Huskies active movement on defense, holding them to 10 points the rest of the half.
 
Saskatchewan' s Matthew Forbes powered his way to a pair of makes to help put Saskatchewan up six before Ben Baker and Evan Severinski upped the lead to 12, each hitting corner threes.
 
In the third, Windsor turned up the defense, forcing three steals in the quarter, leading to makes by Abdel-Gabar and Tyler Persaud, whose buzzer-beating corner three cut the Huskies lead to 82-79 heading into the final frame.
 
The Huskies took an eight point lead in the fourth before Windsor turned up the defense yet again forcing four more steals which led to them cutting the Huskies advantage to two.
 
Windsor then took their first lead since 26-24 midway through the second quarter through an Alex Campbell three pointer before Ben Baker's layup switched things back in the Huskies favour.


STAT LEADERS
 
Official Boxscore: STATS
 
SSK 14-32-25-28: 99
WIN 17-17-34-26: 94
 
Saskatchewan
Points: Dadrian Collins (29), Ben Baker (19), Matthew Forbes (16)
Rebounds: Matthew Forbes (12), Ben Baker (10)
Assists: Ben Baker (9)
 
Player of the game: Dadrian Collins
 
Windsor
Points: Khalib Abdel-Gabar (21), Rotimi Osuntola Jr. (18), Alex Campbell (16)
Rebounds: Evan Matthews (13), Rotimi Osuntola Jr. (10)
Assists: Khalib Abdel-Gabar (8)
 
Player of the game: Rotomi Osuntola Jr.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS
 
Thursday, March 12
11:00 Quarter-final 1: No. 1 Carleton 90, No. 8 Saskatchewan 50
13:00 Quarter-final 2: No. 4 Victoria 57, No. 5 Dalhousie 56
18:00 Quarter-final 3: No. 7 Ryerson 82, No. 2 Windsor 68
20:00 Quarter-final 4: No. 3 Ottawa 91, No. 6 Bishop's 85 (OT)
 
Friday, March 13
14:00 Consolation 1: Saskatchewan 90, Dalhousie 79
16:00 Consolation 2: Windsor 91, Bishop's 80
 
Saturday, March 14
14:00 5th-place game: Saskatchewan 99, Windsor 94
18:00 Semifinal 1: Carleton vs. Victoria (Sportsnet 360 / www.CIS-SIC.tv) ** 
20:30 Semifinal 2: Ryerson vs. Ottawa (Sportsnet 360 / www.CIS-SIC.tv) ** 
 
Sunday, March 15
11:30 Bronze (Rogers TV / www.CIS-SIC.tv) *  
15:00 Final (Sportsnet 360 & ONE / www.CIS-SIC.tv) ** 
 
* Rogers TV, Rogers TV Sports +, Super Sports Pak.
** The webcast of the semifinals & final are on pay-per-view basis